1·In 2009, there was a patent invention of database encryption technology.
2009年已有数据库加密技术的专利发明出现。
2·When he finally sent details of his invention to the Patent Office on February 14th, 1876, it was too late.
当他终于在1876年2月14日将他发明的细节寄给专利局时，已经太晚了。
3·Prior art is also the basis for determining whether some new step claimed in the invention is obvious-and therefore not worthy of a patent.
先前技术也将决定此项发明中所声称的新措施其实显而易见——因此配不上是一项专利。
4·Another problem is that first-to-file may make companies rush to put in for a patent before their invention is truly ready.
另一个问题是专利的申请可能促使一些公司在一些发明尚未成型时就急于将其注册。
5·In the late 16th century, Hans Lippershey, an eyeglass-maker in Holland, applied for the first telescope patent, claiming invention of a device that made distant objects on Earth appear closer.
16世纪晚期，荷兰的一个眼镜工匠汉斯·利伯希(Hans Lippershey)申请了第一个望远镜专利，声称发明了一个能使地球上远处的物体看起来更近的装置。
6·A further stimulus to invention came from the "premium" system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. (NETEM 1996, Passage 4, Paragraph 5)
推动发明的另一刺激因素来自"奖赏"制度，它产生于我们的专利制度之前，且多年来与后者一同实施。
7·This amazing invention is a brain child of John Vaaler a Norwegian patent clerk in 1890.
1890年，这个非凡的发明诞生于挪威专利局职员John Vaaler的孩子手上。
8·Article 3l. An application for a patent for invention or utility model shall be limited to one invention or uti1ity model.
第三十一条一件发明或者实用新型专利申请应当限于一项发明或者实用新型。
9·Perforating Machine IBM's first patent (issued July 25, 1911) described an invention related to punched-card tabulation.
美国专利＃998631：打孔机 IBM的第一项专利（1911年7月25日发布）介绍有关打孔卡制表的一项发明。
10·He got a patent for this invention.
他获得了这项发明的专利权。